List of African Writers (Poets) and their Works

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African Poets

Lusophone Poets

Angola

• Viriato da Cruz
• Francisco Santos

Mozambique

• Mia Couto
• José Craveirinha
• Noémia de Sousa
• Sebastião Alba

Cabo Verde

• Dina Salústio

Namibia

• Hans Daniel Namuhuja
• Peya Mushelenga
• Mvula ya Nangolo
• Dorian Haarhoff

Anglophone Poets

Nigeria

• Chris Abani
• Chinua Achebe
• Catherine Obianuju Acholonu
• Toyin Adewale-Gabriel
• Funso Aiyejina
• Grace Akello
• Akilu Aliyu
• Abdulkareem Baba Aminu
• Eseohe Arhebamen (a.k.a. Edoheart)
• Nana Asma'u
• Nnorom Azuonye
• Ayo Ayoola-Amale
• Michael Echeruo
• Amatoritsero Ede
• Femi Fani-Kayode
• Philip Begho
• Saddiq Dzukogi
• Chijioke Amu-Nnadi
• Uche Nduka
• Echezonachukwu Nduka
• John Jea
• Gabriel Okara
• Diego Odoh Okenyodo
• Christopher Okigbo
• Ben Okri
• Olatubosun Oladapo
• Onwuchekwa Jemie
• Niyi Osundare
• Romeo Oriogun
• Lola Shoneyin
• Mabel Segun
• Rasaq Malik
• Wole Soyinka

Ghana

• P. A. K. Aboagye
• Ama Ata Aidoo
• J. Benibengor Blay
• Kwesi Brew
• Gladys Casely-Hayford
• Abena Busia
• Akosua Busia
• Nii Ayikwei Parkes
• Efua Sutherland

Kenya

• Khadambi Asalache
• Ajaib Kamal
• Jonathan Kariara
• Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye
• Micere Githae Mugo
• Shailja Patel
• Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ

Lesotho

• Ntšeliseng ʻMasechele Khaketla
• Sheila Khala

Liberia

• Bai T. Moore
• Patricia Jabbeh Wesley

Malawi

• Stanley Onjezani Kenani
• Felix Mnthali
• David Rubadiri

Tanzania

• Christopher Mwashinga
• Ras Nas
• Shaaban Bin Robert
• Chapanga Wilson
• Fadhy Mtanga
• Tumi Molekane

Zimbabwe

• Chirikure Chirikure
• Dambudzo Marechera
• Solomon Mutswairo
• Togara Muzanenhamo
• Musaemura Zimunya

South Africa

• Lionel Abrahams
• Tatamkulu Afrika
• Mike Alfred
• Ingrid Andersen
• Tyrone Appollis
• Hennie Aucamp
• Breyten Breytenbach
• Dennis Brutus
• Guy Butler
• Robert Calvert
• Roy Campbell
• Jan F. E. Celliers
• Yvette Christiansë
• Charl Cilliers
• Jack Cope
• Jeremy Cronin
• Patrick Cullinan
• Gary Cummiskey
• Sheila Cussons
• Jeni Couzyn
• Finuala Dowling
• Isobel Dixon
• Angifi Dladla
• Dertigers
• Phillippa Yaa de Villiers
• Elisabeth Eybers
• Diana Ferrus
• Keith Gottschalk
• William Wellington Gqoba
• Mafika Gwala
• Adam Small
• Arthur Nortje
• Pitika Ntuli
• Alfred Themba Qabula
• Lesego Rampolokeng
• Eugène Terre'Blanche
• Zindzi Mandela
• Rozena Maart
• Kim McClenaghan
• Michelle McGrane
• Don Maclennan
• Mulumba Ivan Matthias
• John Matshikiza
• James Matthews
• Mzwakhe Mbuli
• Joan Metelerkamp
• Ruth Miller
• Amitabh Mitra
• Kobus Moolman
• Rose Moss
• Isabella Motadinyane
• Modikwe Dikobe
• Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi
• Totius
• Gert Vlok Nel
• Crystal Warren
• Stephen Watson
• Mary Morison Webster
• Koos Nader